anovelconsole Chapter 671 - 668 - [Thinking of My Hometown Tonight, A Thousand Miles Away.]
Chapter 671 - 668 - [Thinking of My Hometown Tonight, A Thousand Miles Away.]
Chapter 671: Chapter 668 - [Thinking of My Hometown Tonight, A Thousand Miles Away.][Main God World · Dragon Country Region]
January 31, New Year’s Eve, 6:00 PM, heavy snow.
As night gradually fell, every household hung up lights and set off firecrackers.
Red lanterns hung everywhere on the streets, freshly pasted couplets and red paper-cuts on the glass. People walked the streets, discussing topics about the "new year."
Frost-covered branches were adorned with colorful lights, and casual players sold papercuts, blessing characters, smoked meat, fireworks, and other festive items.
"Come." On the street side, a young mother fed her child a bite of fish cake stew.
Colored lights shimmered over their small bodies, surrounded by an endless river of people strolling around. Plum drinks, lamb skewers, candied haws, date cakes... an array of snacks was splendidly displayed, their aromas filling the street.
"Ring toss! Ring toss!"
"Air rifle! Try shooting the air rifle, Adventurer Players halt!"
"Scoop goldfish, scoop goldfish—"
Calls of the vendors were endless, some even among the Adventurer Players. Since the time in the Ninth World overlapped with the New Year, many Adventurer Players from Dragon Country chose not to participate in activities of the Ninth World but to spend the New Year with their families.
The child, sharp-eyed, immediately spotted the live streaming screen: "Mommy, that’s the Spring Festival Gala! We can watch the Spring Festival Gala again, it’s New Year’s today, right? I can stay up late today, right?"
"Yes, today is the Spring Festival Gala and after today, we’ll be in the year 2022." The young mother revealed a somewhat forced smile, "Mom hopes that next year we can still spend the New Year together."
"Of course, we can, I’m not going anywhere," the child said.
"Okay, pinky promise." The mother and her child linked their pinky fingers.
"Mommy, why are we spending New Year here this year?" the child asked. "Where’s Daddy? I haven’t seen Grandpa and Grandma for a long time, where are they? Why... why did our family suddenly become rich these past few months, and I can have anything I want to eat? Why have game livestreams become so good looking, and why do those game scenes look so real? Can I play too?"
The mother didn’t speak but only stroked his head.
Tears shimmered in her eyes.
"Your dad is earning points for humanity and is currently sleeping in the hospital," the mother said. "In a little while, when there’s medicine, he’ll wake up. Grandpa and Grandma are still out there waiting for us; after eight more months, we’ll go back home together with Dad. Those game livestreams are very dangerous, so you shouldn’t play. It’s also fun to just watch others play at home, right?"
"Okay!"
The child bit into a slice of sausage, exclaiming, "Hot, hot, hot!"
"When eating, try the food with your mouth first, don’t just swallow it..." the mother instructed him.
This scene could be seen on all the Dragon Country servers.
The center of their view was a live stream screen.
Within the screen, the festive atmosphere was ablaze with red. Red peonies, red silk, and red lanterns formed a virtual set that seemed to rise up, and the people appeared as if they were in a bright red wonderland.
"—Saying goodbye to 2021, another year as fiery as ever," a magnetic male voice came from the screen.
"——Welcoming 2022, another year of passion has passed," came the melodious female voice.
Two male hosts and two female hosts welcomed the New Year during the event.
People sat in teahouses, parks, Fountain Plaza, and other places to watch the show. Some even set up large tables and had a lively New Year’s Eve dinner with their families.
They ate and talked, the atmosphere even more heated than during New Year’s Day.
"Looking back, the past year was unforgettable for everyone. A billion humans were pulled into the ’World Game,’ marking the start of a new Chapter in human civilization, with unknown journeys and discoveries waiting for us," the male host said.
"Looking ahead, each year surpasses the last, our journey will not stop here. The general progress bar for humanity’s points is doing well, and a bright future still awaits us!" the female host added.
"In the Apocalypse of Henggang, filled with crises, we
The female teacher stood still, the spectacular fireworks bursting into the air.
For a moment, the fireworks lit the kindergarten as bright as day. The swings and slides were bathed in a reddish-purple glow.
"They’ll come back..." the teacher said softly.
"Teacher, where did Mr. Noel go?" the boy next to her exclaimed excitedly: "The headmaster is the best, and he always plays with us. When he comes back, we’ll set off fireworks together ..."
"..." The smile slowly faded from the female teacher’s lips.
She remembered the screen, the golden-haired youth with those crimson eyes.
"The headmaster...he’ll come back." After a moment, that was all the female teacher could say.
She knew, Noel, the guild leader of the New World...was now incredibly far from them and even caught in an invasion crisis by Ta Wei.
...Could he come back?
...In the Ninth World, so complex and dangerous, could Noel come back?
If he couldn’t...
...
[Ninth World · Caius Tower]
48th year of the Catastrophe, December 30, Seventh City, dusk.
Under the blood sun, the vast red soil seemed like flowing blood, merging with the sunset.
The God’s faction, Holy Tribunal, Heretic’s Tribunal, Believer’s Alliance, and Mechanical Legion formed four lines of defense here to jointly face the Freedom Faction. A million soldiers and civilians stood dauntingly below the city wall, guns and swords shimmering with a cold light under the setting sun.
Field, Luther, Izier, Aifori, Edmond, and other leaders of the God’s faction waited on the city walls. Now, as the Freedom Faction’s million soldiers and civilians approached the city, this was to be their final battle.
The city lord of Seventh City, Ming, walked to the forefront of the Legion, turning around.
The emblem of the God’s faction shone brightly on his shoulder as he held his hand on the red-shelled Book of Revelations on his chest, facing his million soldiers and civilians.